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  • Melody poet Mike Casey releases Jazz track ‘Squeaky Wheel (Take 2)’: Listen

    Saxophonist and melody poet Mike Casey attended the renowned Jackie McLean Institute of Jazz, where he was one of twenty-four young composers selected worldwide to participate in the prestigious Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program at the Kennedy Center in 2015. Since then, the Cambridge-born has collaborated with GRAMMY-nominated artists and has performed at several major venues including Lincoln Center and NYC SummerStage. In 2017, Casey showcased his sound on his debut album, ‘Surprise: Live at the Side Door’, a two fifty-minute set project, which he and his trio recorded live. Casey and his unique Jazz music have since passed five million streams. Casey’s new single ‘Squeaky Wheel (Take 2)’ is six minutes of easy-listening Contemporary Jazz.

    The track starts off with a rapid tempo saxophone melody backed by light drum and piano chords which then transitions to a smoother more relaxed tempo. Casey’s sound on this track seems to blend the disjunct melodic line elements of Bebop Jazz and the mellow textures of Contemporary Jazz.

  • Jazz-Funk musician Mike Casey shares Bernie Sanders-inspired 15/8 original ‘Feel the Bern’: Listen

    If you’re having a lazy weekday like most non-essential Americans who aren’t working right now due to the world health crisis, ‘Feel the Bern’ by American producer, Mike Casey, is a Bernie Sanders-inspired track without a spoken word. If you’re into Funk, or any style of music intended to wake you up inside and motivate you, this one will do it for you. When it comes to what it reminds me of, I like to think of The Cosby Show and The Pink Panther, the British-American comedy-mystery film series.